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[phcaan]

New here too. I have a Husqvarna YTH22V46FR lawn tractor that has all specifications checked and working yet it's horrible at bagging leaves. It tends to blow leaves out the left side (opposite the discharge side) and makes cleanup a chore. Hope to get some answers here. Funny thing is that my old Craftsman tractor actually sucked in leaves on the left side instead of blowing them out.

Richard

Richard, I can't seem to find any reference or pictures of that mower, can you point me in the direction where I could find out more about it?

 

[Rms59]

Sure,

Husqvarna YTH22V46 - Garden tractors

 

[phcaan]

Sure,

Husqvarna YTH22V46 - Garden tractors

Thanks:
I was curious to see if the deck was a pressed or fabricated. The things I would check, and you may have already have done all this, blades are the correct blades and installed properly ( my neighbor brought home a mower that had one installed upside down). Deck level adjustment, also just for the heck of it, look under the deck and make sure that the blades do not protrude below the deck. The other thing would be with the bag attachment having too much resistance so that it would be impeding air flow.

 

[Rms59]

It looks like a pressed deck, has all the baffles, the chutes and bins are clear, the blades are stock and on correctly (sharp edge down, winged fin up, and are about an inch above the deck bottom. When I slowly drive over dry leaves they get sucked up ok but the left side doesn't pull anything in. It blows them out instead. It also blows out the back but not as much.

One thing I did notice is that the rear edge of deck is an inch higher than the front so I'm going to bring that down to the 1/8 to 1/2 spec and see what happens. (right now there's an inch of snow so it will be a few days).


Thanks
Richard

 

[phcaan]

It looks like a pressed deck, has all the baffles, the chutes and bins are clear, the blades are stock and on correctly (sharp edge down, winged fin up, and are about an inch above the deck bottom. When I slowly drive over dry leaves they get sucked up ok but the left side doesn't pull anything in. It blows them out instead. It also blows out the back but not as much.

One thing I did notice is that the rear edge of deck is an inch higher than the front so I'm going to bring that down to the 1/8 to 1/2 spec and see what happens. (right now there's an inch of snow so it will be a few days).


Thanks
Richard

I think you will find that proper leveling of the deck is important. Good luck

 

[Rms59]

Well, it got to 55 degrees here, (Connecticut) so I decided to tackle the deck. In short, I adjusted everything to the specifications, including proper tire pressure, in accordance to the manual but no change. It still bags leaves, but continues to blow them out of the left side too making a neat cleanup impossible. It's a big difference from the Craftsman that sucked in all around the perimeter of the deck.

This is the worst performing deck I've ever had. Come spring, I will look for some alternate blades if any to see if the suction improves. Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

 

[phcaan]

Well, it got to 55 degrees here, (Connecticut) so I decided to tackle the deck. In short, I adjusted everything to the specifications, including proper tire pressure, in accordance to the manual but no change. It still bags leaves, but continues to blow them out of the left side too making a neat cleanup impossible. It's a big difference from the Craftsman that sucked in all around the perimeter of the deck.

This is the worst performing deck I've ever had. Come spring, I will look for some alternate blades if any to see if the suction improves. Other than that, I'm out of ideas.

Does this condition exist without the bagger attachment installed?

 

[Rms59]

Does this condition exist without the bagger attachment installed?

This was such a good question that I had to go try it since the bagger is only used when the leaves begin to fall. Anyway, without the bagger pipe connected to the discharge chute and the chute deflector installed and down, I get a neutral condition to slight suction on the left side now instead of blowing out. If I'm right next to the leaves it may pull some in but barely.

The discharge side will blow any leaves picked up a distance of about 8 feet and seems to get most of its suction from the rear of the deck. This is why I never have a problem cutting grass since no grass blows out the left side.

So it seems that the deck design or blades isn't all the great. My only option is to try some different blades.

Oh... and deck height makes no difference.

Thank you.
Richard

 

[phcaan]

This was such a good question that I had to go try it since the bagger is only used when the leaves begin to fall. Anyway, without the bagger pipe connected to the discharge chute and the chute deflector installed and down, I get a neutral condition to slight suction on the left side now instead of blowing out. If I'm right next to the leaves it may pull some in but barely.

The discharge side will blow any leaves picked up a distance of about 8 feet and seems to get most of its suction from the rear of the deck. This is why I never have a problem cutting grass since no grass blows out the left side.

So it seems that the deck design or blades isn't all the great. My only option is to try some different blades.

Oh... and deck height makes no difference.

Thank you.
Richard

You might also make sure you are getting good air flow through the bagger.

 

[Carscw]

Air needs to pass threw the bagger.

Like a vacuum plug up the exhaust and it will not suk.